The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-15

bu. Spot lower and only moderately active
Options opened heavy and soon declined 8 &c,
but towards the close strengthened and rallied
a &c, leaving of. however. barely steady.
Speculation moderately active; sales, I,992. OQ0
bu futures, 232, 600 bu spot; No. spring, NOM
inal at Ollie; No. ! hard, 95sc delivered: No. 2
red 90lc in store. 9ls a 92c afoat. 90s Ole (. o.
b.; No red, 93ac; No. white. 92ac; No. 2 red.
March, nominal at 90lc; April, 90s Gle, closing
at Ole; May, 9la 0924c, closing at 9lsc: June,
81 O 81 10 Ice. closing at 9l1c; July. goa
closing at 905c; August, 30 9Osc, closing at
903c; September, 90s 9lse, closing at Ole; Octo-
ber.. nominal at 92sc; November 92s 934c,
closing at 93lc; December, "a 1-l6 94sc. closing
at 94sc; May, 1888. 994 a 99sc, closing at 99zc.
Corn-Spot about &c and options a &c lower.
closing weak Export trading fairly active;
speculation quiet. Receipts, 49, 100 bu; exports.
46, 729 bu; sales, 500 00G bu futures: 1000 bu
spot; ungraded, 48 0492c; steamer 4Sac elevator;
No 1870 elevator. 49sc b., 50a a 50sc deliv-
ersd; No. 2, March. nominal at 4Sss q Ace, closing
at 49c; May, 40 1-l6 1890, closing at 494c June,
494 a 9sc, closing at 49sc.
Oats shade stronger and moderately active.
Receipts, $4,000 bu; exports. 1.044 bu; sales.
260, 600 bu futures, and ll2.O GOO bu spot; mixed
Western, 80 al BIC; white Western, 81 042c.
Hay quiet and steady.
Hops quiet and unchanged.
Coffee-Spot fair Rio nominal. Options
steady and moderately active sales, Al 900 bags
April, IL 65 q r. Zoe: May, II 20 IL Soc: June
and July. y Is a IL Soc; August. IL Soc; Septem-
IL 90 II 95c; February, 12 CSC. Sugar firm and
QUIET refined, quiet. Molasses steady; so test,
l9c. Rice steady.
Tallow quiet and firm.
Old mess pork, $l5 so a Is. rs; new mess pork,
BIG. 90 Cut meats firm. Lard opened a shade
lower. closing a trife better; Western steam.
spot. Z. Zoe; April, 81 Of Zoe; May, 7.75 z77c;
June, I. 7807S3c; July, 785c; city steam, 7.40c.
Butter unchanged and dull. Cheese quiet.
bur firm. Eggs quiet and rather weak receipts,
LIPS packages; Western fresh, 16a 017ac.
Tin quiet. Other articles unchanged.
CHICAGO, March 14-The wheat market
was rather dull and generally weaker o-day.
There were outside orders and there was less
doing on local account than for some days past.
The visible supply showed a decrease of 1,515.
O00 bu; but the receipts were larger, aggregat-
ing at eleven points Cos. 900 bu. The cearings
from three ports were 212 900 bu. The starting
price for May delivery S2lc shade higher
than the closing on Saturday, but this proved to
be the top figure for the day. Heavy offerings
broke the market off to Sic, from which a rally
to 8lsc occurred during the afternoon, at which
figure the market rested for the day. There
was moderate trading in at times, but
the market ruled very quiet The market
opened steady, but the offerings were large, and
decline followed to 40tc for May delivery, fol-
lowed by rally to 40sc under fair buying.
Oats ruled easier, but closed firm and shade
higher than on Saturday. There was move
ment whatever in pork. The offerings of lard
per 100 lbs followed, after which the market
rallied 10 17Rc, ruled moderately steady and
closed at about Saturdays closing prices Short
ribs declined 22a 25c early in the day. rallied
trlf1e and closed 10c lower than on Saturday.
The lending futures ranged as follows: